Garry Kasparov vs Magnus Carlsen

Unfortunately Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen only met a handful of times at the chess board – however
luckily these games were very interesting and hard-fought. Kasparov played a mini 2-game match at the Reykjavik Rapid in 2004 with Carlsen, when the 41 year-old Kasparov was rated 2830 and the 13 year-old Carlsen was rated 2485. Although Kasparov ended up winning the mini-match 1.5-.5, the games featured an exceptionally high level of fighting chess and it was clear that Carlsen was up to the task of playing with the former World Chess Champion. I find it fascinating that Carlsen’s style as a rising chess prodigy was marked by wild tactics and insanely precise calculation, because in 2012 as Carlsen is the #1 rated player in the world by a long shot – he has considerably modified his style to be less tactical and more positional. Simply put – Carlsen has evolved his play to remain in control at all times and take very few chances. He is the master of positions with small winning chances and no chances to lose. In the below historical encounter, Kasparov thoroughly trounced a poorly thought plan from Carlsen – making the chess prodigy’s play appear downright superficial. In the next video of this series of Magnus Carlsen vs Garry Kasparov, I will be covering a game where Carlsen nearly beat Kasparov with a very impressive display of tactics and forcing play.

With so many victories coming relatively easily to his immense talent and fighting spirit, the final crucial ingredient of relentless work will guarantee his place in history” – Garry Kasparov on Magnus Carlsen

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In the "On Magnus Carlsen" video series, the GMs Gustafsson and Jussupov show you the current world number one chess player and World Champion in a dazzling series of games. These games chronicle his rise as a player and show his improvement from the past up to the current day. The Grandmasters presenting the material are also highly regarded players and do a terrific job of explaining the thinking and reasoning behind the moves that Carlsen played in key positions as well as giving personal insights on him.
Throughout the series you will see many different games, lectures and exercise positions that highlight Magnus Carlsen's games. GM Jan Gustafsson calls Carlsen a "mysterious player" because while he seems not be an opening specialist, he always ends up getting into good positions and outplaying his opponents. How does Carlsen distinguish himself as the best player in the world? What makes him different from other top Grandmasters? How can you learn from his games? Watch the video to find out!
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Ultimate Queen's Pawn Openings! - GM Jan Gustafsson (chess24)

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In the video series, "How to Build Your 1. d4 Repertoire", GM Jan Gustafsson teaches you about all the different openings that can be played against 1. d4 and how white can combat each one of them. Jan focuses a lot on being unpredictable by not playing the same exact line in every game against black and emphasizes how the best players in the world are also the most flexible. He also shows you how to play the openings well, but does not promise a clear advantage in each line because if that were the case, then black would have figured out how to equalize by now.
Throughout the series, Jan covers how to play white against all of the different moves that black can play against 1. d4. This includes openings such the Queen's Gambit, Slav, Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian, Grunfeld, Dutch, Benoni, Benko Gambit and other rare sidelines. Each video is easy to follow and you are sure to learn lots about the moves, plans, set-ups and positions that arise in each opening so that you can use 1. d4 as a strong weapon against opponents. What lines and positions does Jan describe that give white a good game? How can he play against all of the different openings that black can try? Watch the video to find out!

Crush your Opponents with the King's Indian Defense!

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In the video series, "Cutting Edge KID", GM Robin van Kampen teaches you about the King's Indian Defense opening for black. This opening arises after the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0. It has stood the test of time and has been played by many top Grandmasters throughout history. It is considered one of the most aggressive options for black against 1. d4 and you are sure to enjoy the attacks that come from this opening!
Throughout the video series, Robin explains all of the different lines that white can play against this opening and how black can meet each one of them. This is an in-depth video series with multiple detailed videos covering similar positions. The truth is, because the King's Indian Defense is one of the most difficult openings for white to face, they will struggle to know the lines and variations as well as you after watching this video! What lines are taught and recommended throughout the video series? How can black quickly take advantage of any small mistake that white might make? Watch the video to find out!

Dominate the Opening Playing as Black with the Accelerated Dragon! - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili

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In the video "Mastering the Opening Series - Repertoire for Black 1" by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we are first shown how to play the Accelerated Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defense for Black.
This opening can be very dangerous for White to deal with if he is not prepared, or has not had much experience playing against it. Roman shows us the key move orders to achieve a strong position, and all of the ways that White can fall into a bad position if he makes mistakes.
Aside from the plans, concepts and ideas that are discussed, we also see many traps that White must be on the watch out for. If he steps into one of these traps, then Black will emerge with a material edge or a winning advantage.
What are the plans behind these Black opening set-ups? What tricks and traps must White be on the look out for? Watch the video to find out!
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Win Endgames with Minor Pieces! - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili

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In the video "Mastering the Endgame Series - Part 2" by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we begin to take a look at minor piece endgames.
Depending on which pieces are on the board for both White and Black, there are different rules to be followed in these endgames. One general rule that should always be followed, though, is to have an active king. These rules help us to create plans based on the position and what we should be trying to accomplish.
The first type of endgame we look at, is opposite color bishops. This endgame is known to draw a large percentage of the time, but there are a few ways that we can try to win. We are also shown the bishop vs. knight type of endgame.
What are the different principles and rules for the many different endgames that can occur? How does following each of these rules help us to play the best moves? Watch the video to find out!
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In the video "Mastering the Endgame Series - Part 1" by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we learn about how to create passed pawns in the endgame.
We also see how we can attempt to stop our opponent from doing the same thing. If we can create our own passed pawn while preventing our opponent from getting a passed pawn, then we will have a significant advantage in every part of the endgame. As long as this is the case, we should be able to win without any problems.
Another idea we are taught, is that small changes in an endgame position can make the entire difference between winning, drawing or losing a game. This shows that calculation is one of the most important parts of endgames. If we can calculate well, then we will have an advantage.
What are some of the endgame principles Roman talks about? How can we improve our endgame play? Watch the video to find out!
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In the video "Easy Way to Learn The King's Indian Attack" by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we are shown a very attacking-style opening that has been played by many grandmasters throughout history, including even former World Champion Bobby Fischer, who used it to achieve many wins during his day.
The benefit to this opening is that you will be familiar with many of the positions you will get into , because the ideas behind the opening are very easy to understand.
Throughout the video, Roman talks about the plans, concepts and piece placements that are best for White in this opening. He also shows games played by Grandmasters in the past, and how they were able to win quickly with White.
What kind of strong attacks can White develop in this opening? What are the best set-ups and piece placements for White to do? What kind of defensive attempts can Black try? What is Black's best chance to counterattack? Watch the video to find out!
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Learn from the Immortal Games of Aron Nimzowitsch! - Part 2 - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili

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Experience this classic in video format!
In the video “Nimzowitsch’s My System Part 2″ by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, he delves a bit deeper into the games of Aron Nimzowitsch.
Roman begins by talking about the isolated queen pawn structure and how it has some advantages and disadvantages for both the player who has the pawn and the player playing against the pawn. He also includes the ideas of Nimzowitsch and how the masters of his time evaluated the position.
In the second position, we are shown a backward pawn structure that Black has. While White’s knight looks optimally placed, we are taught that we need to put it on a different square in order to attack the pawn structure better.
What other ideas about pawn structures does Roman talk about? How do the principles and plans behind the pawn structures help us to understand positions better? Watch the video to find out!
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Learn from the Immortal Games of Aron Nimzowitsch! - Part 1 - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili

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In the video "Nimzowitsch's My System Part 1" by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, he reviews some of Aron Nimzowitsch's games and a few key positions.
Throughout the video, Roman shows how Nimzowitsch evaluated certain positions, and also adds his own explanations as well. Roman's explanations help the viewer to really understand the underlying principles, criteria and reasons for the moves made by Nimzowitsch. In contrast to the variations that Nimzowitsch only used, we also get to see the thought process behind the moves played.
In the first position analyzed, Roman explains how White is able to carry out a strong attack on his opponent's king. Instead of just showing us the moves that could be made, we also get to understand the criteria behind this attack and why these factors help White to know if he should attack right now or not.
What are the criteria for attacking that Roman talks about? How can we figure out the plans in positions that we have in our own games? Watch the video to find out!
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A set-up to Crush the Pirc Modern Defense! - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili

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In the video "Easy Way to Beat The Pirc Modern Defense" by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we see a way to set-up our pieces when Black plays the Pirc Modern Defense. With this set-up, we achieve a strong position that has many ways to cause Black problems. Even if Black plays solidly and doesn't make any mistakes, White is able to get a small but clear advantage with the piece set-up that we are shown.
The set-up for this opening starts with e4, d4, Nf3, Nc3, h3 and Be3. Playing in this way allows for both a positional and tactical style of play. This is a very good situation for openings, because it allows the specific player to customize the opening to whichever playing style he prefers.
In what ways can White play both tactically and positionally? How does he achieve a strong, centralized position in many of the variations? Watch the video to find out!
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A Full Scale Battle out of the Opening! - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili

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In the video "Live from Las Vegas National Open" by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, he begins by talking about a universal opening for White. This means that the opening set-up can be played no matter what Black does.
The reason that White has this universal opening option is because he goes first in chess, something that Black doesn't have the luxury of doing. The universal opening that Roman describes is the King's Indian Attack.
The King's Indian Attack begins with the moves Nf3, g3, Bg2, 0-0 and d3. White's plan is to continue developing, push his center pawn to e4 and begin to attack Black's kingside. This opening set-up can be achieved through many different starting moves and orders of moves by both White and Black. But the ideas, plans and resulting positions remain the same across the board.
How can White avoid opening theory and achieve a strong game? What are the middlegame plans for this opening? Watch the video to find out!
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In the video “Grand Prix and Reti” by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we see an explanation of how White can play the Grand Prix opening in a positional style much different from the normal attacking style that most are used to seeing with this opening.
White begins by trading his light square bishop for Black’s knight and doubling Black’s c-pawns. Next, we see how White can attack this pawn structure weakness and how it blocks in Black’s light square bishop for much of the game.
In a different variation that we are shown, White is able to make use of a weak square in Black’s territory and possibly use it as an outpost for his knight. The ideas in many of these variations can transpose and be used in different types of positions.
How can White switch from thinking in an attacking way to a positional way? In what ways can this surprise Black? What are the key moves for White to know when playing this opening positionally? Watch the video to find out!
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Attack with the Scotch and Giuoco Piano! - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili

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In the video “The Scotch and Giuoco Piano” by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we are first shown a basic position that arises often out of the Scotch opening.
Roman teaches us the plans behind each of White’s moves, how Black can try to change certain parts of the position, and how White can overcome Black’s attempts. In this variation of the Scotch opening, Black is able to build a pawn center, but White plans on attacking it and taking it down.
Some of the topics discussed throughout the video include kingside pawn majorities, pawn storms, dark square blockade, trading off our opponent’s strong pieces and attacking the king. In the second half of the video there are other set-ups from the Scotch opening that are discussed in detail as well.
How can White create his own strong center and push back his opponent? In what way does White’s pawn majority pose a major threat to Black? Watch the video to find out!
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In this video from the DVD “Middlegame Pawn Structures” by GM Ivan Sokolov, we are shown a position that occurred in a game between two grandmasters.
The position came from a Queen’s Gambit Declined opening where White has some queenside pressure. Black made a move that attempted to counter White’s queenside play and Ivan explains the three different options that White has in the position and why one of them is better than the others.
Throughout the video, Ivan explains many different positions that happen later in the game, and all of his explanations are very in-depth, helping the viewer to really appreciate all of the intricacies of the position.
What can we learn from the explanations that Ivan shares with us? How can we understand the details of the positions and thinking behind the grandmasters’ moves? Watch the video to find out!
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A World-Class Game Explained! - Ponomariov vs. Carlsen

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This preview from the ChessLecture DVD ¨Carlsen’s Black Magic and Carlsen in Baku¨ by IM David Vigorito will enhance your KID knowledge.
We see a game from Ponomariov vs. Carlsen that features the King’s Indian Defense Saemisch variation. The knight maneuver Nge2 and Ng3 is considered, and a good overview as to how Black should handle it is considered. Carlsen’s approach is to weaken his king side with…h5, reasoning that the disruption in sending the knight backwards is justification for the weakening of his king.
This chess DVD is presented by a popular Chess Master who clearly explains a number of key KID Saemisch concepts with a little help from Magnus Carlsen!
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Tune in to the King’s Indian Defense! - IM David Vigorito

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In this DVD David examines The King’s Indian Defense, Saemisch variation. He gives a basic overview of all Black’s 6th moves choices, the Saemisch c5 Pawn Gambit, then emphasis is given to Black setups of 8…c6 and 9..a6.
The featured game sees a king side castling versus a queen side-king side castle middlegame. David promotes methods for Black and gives a tough test for some of the latest recommendations for White through some good Black analysis.
The DVD is targeted toward a mixed range of abilities.
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The MOST COMPLETE Openings Overview (IM Paschall and GM Kraai)

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The king of all opening moves: 1.e4!
Bill’s openings overview of 1.e4 explains the basic fundamentals that all beginners must know; he starts with the most popular responses and works through to the less popular. Bill is keen to group them in to four separate groups and explains what these groups are and the correct way of playing within that grouping. He emphasizes that there are always many options available, but at the same time he highlights the fixed structures that belong to each grouping.
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Trompowski Trounced! - IM Bill Paschall

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1.d4,Nf6 2.Bg5,d5 3.Bxf6, gxf6 4.e3,c5 5.c4,cxd4
Bill jumps straight into a home cooked novelty which he demonstrates that White will struggle against his idea of a good Pawn Gambit versus the 3.Bxf6 gf6 Trompowski. Bill looks in detail at many of the 3…gf6 positions, attempts to use the Bishop Pair, and strives to get Black active - even at the cost of a pawn or of maintaining a good pawn structure.
5c3 is also considered, but Black is able to play 5…e5 and asks some questions of White. Bill pushes the merits of 3…gf6 to trump the Tromp.
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In this video we observe traps, instruction and chess openings, Roman explains that these should only be played ‘with good moves’ so as to not risk damaging you own position – just in case your opponent sees the trap, Roman is very keen on accentuating that a trap should not be played without fully considering positional considerations. This analysis features a number of chess opening traps.
Roman includes an examination of the concepts of traps and the DVD is targeted toward beginning players as well as players of intermediate and advanced ability. Kids and adults will all enjoy the content.
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Master the fine Art of Attack! - IM Valeri Lilov

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IM Valeri Lilov gives a good overview of the Sicilian Dragon, fabled for its sharpness and complexity. The presenter takes this opening head on and looks at a very sharp and popular variation of the Dragon, and clinically dissects its complexity in little chunks, Valeri also explains which lines are popular and which are not.
Beginners will find this opening analysis fascinating while intermediate players will benefit and improve their game. Players of advanced ability will find it useful to know the theoretical status of some of the covered lines.
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This Gambit? A Surprise Weapon Against Unprepared Players! (EMPIRE CHESS)

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GM Sam Shankland, one of the best players in the United States, teaches us how to play the Schliemann Gambit. With his deep chess understanding and vast knowledge of this gambit, he creates a repertoire that can help the player deal with all the important lines of this opening, which has been played by great masters like Polgar, Nimzowitsch and even Karpov.
In this exclusive preview brought to you by OnlineChessLessons.NET, GM Sam Shankland thoroughly analyses the sidelines of the Schliemann Gambit. Shankland shows the power of this opening and how black can obtain really active and powerful positions even in the most critical lines. The Schliemann gambit is a necessary addition to the repertoire of any player, since it is dynamic and gives black excellent counter play.
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Trounce the unorthodox players! - GM Eugene Perelshteyn

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This game features the unorthodox opening 3.b3 against an attempted KID opening. Eugene looks at why use unorthodox moves and why they are not played by GMs, and explains the reasons for both. When faced with such moves, we need to find the weaknesses that have been created and form our strategy around it. Beginners will derive some benefit from this Chess Lecture, but intermediate and advanced players will find it particularity instructive when Black plays a5, intending a4 to gain space on the queen side, and the advantages given if White prevents a4 by playing a4 himself.
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The Closed Sicilian for White: Basic Principles - IM Attila Turzo

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Try closing the door on dangerous Sicilian theory.
Taken from the ChessLecture series, Attila examines a Closed Sicilian for White and explains to beginners the ideas behind each move. The attacking methods of White such as Be3 and Qd2 intending Bh6 are highlighted and likewise Black’s methods of counter-play such as e6 and d5 or Rb8 and b5.
Attila mentions that a knight on f6 is a great defender but if Black places it elsewhere then White will have opportunities to attack the black king should it castle on the king-side. The importance in defense and attack of the h3 move is discussed, before going into a deeper examination of the middle game. Attila also gives some nice attacking ideas based around an early h4 attacking the black king.
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The Tarrasch French Defense for White - GM Jesse Kraai

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Is Tarrasch better than Winawer, practically, if the knight can then go to f3?
Creative moves can be played in The Tarrasch French Defense for White, and Jesse starts with examining a great piece sacrifice that would ‘liberate White’s discomfort’ in a popular and trendy line of the Tarrasch…g5 variation. The video is targeted toward advanced players and the main focus is about how the d2 knight can improve its position, but Jesse is also keen to show that keeping it on f3, supporting the other pieces, is better than sending it further in to attack at g5. There is also some nice variations of the ‘Greek Gift Style’ attack on h7.
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With the white pieces, Kasparov employs a somewhat strange move order from the English Opening that becomes the white side of a King’s Indian Defense. Carlsen chooses the sharp Gligoric System with 7. …exd4, 8. …c6, and 9. …Re8 – to which Kasparov responds with the Taimanov Variation with 10. Bf2, 11. exd5, and 12. c5 – leading to a very double-edged position in which black must play very actively to maintain the balance due to his long-term positional disadvantage with the weak, isolated d5 pawn. After 17. Rad1, black’s position is visibly difficult as he lacks coordination and his previous activity now looks very superficial. With 22. d7! Kasparov blasts open the position and forces the win of substantial material – leading to Carlsen’s resignation down a piece on 32. Re3

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